Current Lab Members

Justin Kitzes
Justin KitzesAssistant Professor
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I am a quantitative ecologist and conservation biologist interested in how human activities affect species distributions at large spatial scales, with a particular interest in the development and use of bioacoustic survey methods.
Cameron Fiss
Cameron FissPostdoctoral Scholar
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Cam is a postdoc working on analysis of our Pennsylvania forest bird data.
Tessa Rhinehart
Tessa RhinehartGraduate Student
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Tessa is a graduate student (and former staff programmer) working on community analysis, bird call classification software, and statistical models.
R. Patrick Lyon
R. Patrick LyonGraduate Student
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Pat is a graduate student working on monitoring and evaluating the effects of habitat restoration in Pennsylvania forests.
Sam Lapp
Sam LappGraduate Student
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Sam is a graduate student working on our bird and frog call classification models, recorder hardware design, and open source software.
Louis Freeland-Haynes
Louis Freeland-HaynesGraduate Student
Louis is a graduate student working on our sound localization platform, bird call classification models, and open source software.
Lauren Chronister
Lauren ChronisterGraduate Student
Lauren is a graduate student (and former undergrad and Research Assistant) investigating within-species vocalizations and leading development of our bird song classifiers.
Chapin Czarnecki
Chapin CzarneckiResearch Assistant
Chapin is a staff researcher assisting with our fieldwork and bird song analysis.
Brooke Goodman
Brooke GoodmanResearch Assistant
Brooke is a staff researcher managing our audio data and assisting with research in Pennsylvania forests.
Hannah Nossan
Hannah NossanResearch Assistant
Hannah is a staff researcher working on our amphibian and avian conservation research.
Santiago Ruiz Guzman
Santiago Ruiz GuzmanResearch Assistant
Santiago is a staff researcher assisting with our amphibian research and machine learning models.
Sasha Syunkova
Sasha SyunkovaResearch Assistant
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Sasha is a staff researcher working on our bird and frog call classification models and assisting with field work.
Leonardo Viotti
Leonardo ViottiResearch Assistant
Leonardo is a staff researcher working on our bird call classification models and structural equation modeling.
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Lab Alumni

Staff

  • Nickolus Stahlman, Research Assistant
  • Jatin Khilnani, Research Assistant
  • Trieste Devlin, Research Assistant

Undergraduate Students

  • Junshang Jia, University of Pittsburgh
  • Carolyn Tett, University of Pittsburgh
  • Elias Paolone, University of Pittsburgh
  • Sagar Vellalath, University of Pittsburgh
  • Tiger Wu, University of Minnesota
  • Talia Piretra, University of Pittsburgh
  • Anna Lippert, University of Pittsburgh
  • Madeline Hice, University of Pittsburgh
  • Sarah Heise, University of Pittsburgh
  • Jiade Song, University of Pittsburgh
  • Jack Challiet, University of Chicago
  • Tanvi Merengenti, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Lydia Zimmerman, University of Pittsburgh
  • Aaron Lauer, University of Pittsburgh
  • Madoc Smith, University of Pittsburgh
  • Kyle Walters, University of Pittsburgh